April 2011 - openSUSE Marketing - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse-marketing] A poster or wall paper
by Manu Gupta 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

Hi All I tried this http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4977997/openSUSE/heart.svg Check this out and let me know Regards Manu -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] 11.4 Release Party poster
by Fernando Mejia 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

Greetings friends, I've been working in a small poster for the 11.4 launch party for our city Guatemala, and this is what I have: http://en.opensuse.org/File:Launch_party_guatemala.png It's based on the openSUSE posters background and made in Inkscape. I'm not quite shure if it's okay to use the geeko and yastie image like that... but if you are interested I can give you a printable version for your local launch parties with your information in it. Just email me at feranto(a)opensuse.org.gt . The poster is very straightforward so just bring me the following details, translated to your languages: -Place : <Your launch party location> -Date: <The date and time of your launch party> -Activities: <The activities you will be hosting> -Your LUG website feranto openSUSE Ambassador en.opensuse.org/User:Feranto -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] Linux is Good for us
by Kálmán Kéménczy 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

I have been waiting for this kind of article on the biggest Hungarian portal, index.hu for ages: Linux is Good for us http://index.hu/tech/2011/03/27/jo_lesz_nekunk_a_linux_is/ k -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] openSUSE Marketing Materials and openSUSE:Presentations pages
by Kostas Koudaras 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

Hello to all openSUSE Marketing people and Ambassadors out there Currently I am working on openSUSE:Marketing materials (http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Marketing_materials) What I would like is either the links or the actual files of materials like 11.4 posters, fliers, the Cheat-cube, the paper-penguin Carlos made(I actually need the .svg file from that to make it more neutral so everybody can use it and adjust it to his/her needs) as long as other stuff that exist around so that I can gather them all and upload or link them to the Marketing Materials page. I am also giving links from git so if something I asked is actually there please let me know since I haven't seen all of git yet. Also banners in English or any other language needed ;-). I want to focus on ending if possible that page so that people who want to make an event or set up a booth and want to print some material, to be able to find everything there(at least the basics) without getting lost in the wiki.If anyone want's to help, feel free. Also maybe Jos should consider in printing some of this stuff (like the cheat-cube) and send that along with DVD's, stickers and other promo material since it's a really cool thing to have ;-) Just a thought... I also accept to send me presentations to upload them to openSUSE:Presentations (http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Presentations). I know that many of you have one or two or more that it is not uploaded there, Just send me the files by e-mail and I will upload them and maybe write a few words about it. Again especially presentations that are not in English needed. Come on people, lets roll Hope to hear and get something from all of you Marketing people and Ambassadors out there Kostas Koudaras -- http://opensuse.gr http://amb.opensuse.gr http://own.opensuse.gr http://warlordfff.tk me I am not me ------- Time travel is possible, you just need to know the right aliens -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] Fwd: [opensuse-project] Versionitis - Results (Or: The next openSUSE release is openSUSE 12.1)
by Andreas Jaeger 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

For those that don't read the project mailing list or news.o.o, I'm forwarding what I just send to opensuse-project, Andreas ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: [opensuse-project] Versionitis - Results (Or: The next openSUSE release is openSUSE 12.1) Date: Wednesday, April 06, 2011, 10:06:30 From: Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)novell.com> To: opensuse-project(a)opensuse.org The voting on how to do the versioning is over and the "old school" has won by 55 per cent (of 98 participants). Thanks to all that participated in the two votes and the discussion around the topic. As Coolo said in http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/2011-03/msg00516.html, we'd like to make a small change to the numbering: We will not have a .0 release but only .1, .2, .3 release. Since we have releases in three months, the November release is always the .1 release, the July release the .2 and the March release the .3. So, the plan is that the next release will be called openSUSE 12.1 and launched on the 10th of November, 2011! Two years later - on the 14th of November, 2013 - we will then have the openSUSE 13.1 release. So, the next four releases are: * November 2011: openSUSE 12.1 * July 2012: openSUSE 12.2 * March 2013: openSUSE 12.3 * November 2013: openSUSE 13.1 Detailed results for logged-in openSUSE members are available at the connect poll page and I have reproduced them here as well: * A: "old school": Like currently but only counting the right number until 3: 55% (54 votes) * B: "Fedora style": Just integers: 29 % (28 votes) * C: "Ubuntu style": YY.MM: 16 % (16 votes) This is also consistent with the results of thefirst public voting (see http://lizards.opensuse.org/2011/03/28/opensuse-release-versioning-poll-on- last-three-options/ ). Note that openSUSE does not have a major and minor numbering, even if it seems so. There is right now no difference in any way between what we would do for openSUSE 11.4 or 12.0 or 12.1 – and no sense to speak about openSUSE 11 or openSUSE 11 family. We also had in the past no process on how to name the next release (when to increase which parts of the number). I think this new versioning is still consistent with the old one but also an improvement since it's now clear that we change the first digit every two year. The first poll showed that half of our users prefer a date based versioning and the other a consecutive numbering. So, depending on your point of view, you can see this as a mixture of both or as consecutive numbering ;) So, time now to make openSUSE 12.1 a great release! Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, Program Manager openSUSE, aj(a){novell.com,opensuse.org} Twitter: jaegerandi | Identica: jaegerandi SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help(a)opensuse.org ----------------------------------------- -- Andreas Jaeger, Program Manager openSUSE, aj(a){novell.com,opensuse.org} Twitter: jaegerandi | Identica: jaegerandi SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] Fw: How to raise awareness of the brand and much needed retail funds through retail sales
by stuart＠bolin.org.uk 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

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[opensuse-marketing] Not everything that Ubuntu does is gold
by Chuck Payne 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

This was from a twit from Linux Magazine Natty Narwhal with #Unity: Worst #Ubuntu beta ever http://ow.ly/4svkY <- El Reg not happy with beta release. #LMNews http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/01/ubuntu1004_beta_review/ Pup -- (678) 636-9678 ----------------------------------------- Discover it! Enjoy it! Share it! openSUSE Linux. ----------------------------------------- openSUSE -- en.opensuse.org/User:Terrorpup openSUSE Ambassador/openSUSE Member skype,twiiter,identica,friendfeed -- terrorpup freenode(irc) --terrorpup/lupinstein Register Linux Userid: 155363 Have you tried SUSE Studio? Need to create a Live CD, an app you want to package and distribute , or create your own linux distro. Give SUSE Studio a try. www.susestudio.com. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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Fw: [opensuse-marketing] Fw: [opensuse-ambassadors] Welcome our new Greek ambassador
by stuart＠bolin.org.uk 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

Oops sent to wrong list!! (I'm not thinking straight today) Apologies Stuart Sent from my BlackBerry� smartphone -----Original Message----- From: stuart(a)bolin.org.uk Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 12:34:53 To: <opensuse-marketing(a)opensuse.org> Reply-To: stuart(a)bolin.org.uk Subject: [opensuse-marketing] Fw: [opensuse-ambassadors] Welcome our new Greek ambassador Meant to send this to the list I wish it would just reply to list instead of the person sending to the list!! Sent from my BlackBerry� smartphone -----Original Message----- From: stuart(a)bolin.org.uk Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 12:32:55 To: Kostas Koudaras<warlordfff(a)gmail.com> Reply-To: stuart(a)bolin.org.uk Subject: Re: [opensuse-ambassadors] Welcome our new Greek ambassador Welcome to the tean Anastasios. Nice to have you onboard. Stuart :) Sent from my BlackBerry� smartphone -----Original Message----- From: Kostas Koudaras <warlordfff(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 12:49:26 To: Ambassadors list<opensuse-ambassadors(a)opensuse.org> Subject: [opensuse-ambassadors] Welcome our new Greek ambassador Hi openSUSE Ambassadors Please all give a warm welcome to Anastasios Ksouzafeiris , our new ambassador from Greece. Below you can learn more about him and his relationship with openSUSE as he told us in his own words. * What have you done already for openSUSE? I have help Greek openSUSE Community organize the trip at Athens and Patra for two main FOSS events in greece. Also I've help Jos with the wiki maintenance and making some bars and pages on it, and spread it to the Ambassadors community. More specified the "Talking Points" page and making navigation bars and linking in the pages below. And a week ago i installed openSUSE 11.4 to a company as main OS for working Libre Office in their offices. As far i haven't contributed a lot on this but i will do my best in the next few days/months with various work. * What are your plans for promoting openSUSE? Please tell us what you want to do the next 6 months. In the near future and more specific on Monday, i make an agreement with 1 Institution here in Thessaloniki and after a discussion we had they will change the Linux Lab and Lesson from Mint & Ubuntu to openSUSE. I will help the teacher with the installation in the main server that students connect and learning CLI (command line interface). Also i will do a mini speak to the class for openSUSE. After this i will be in the 2 main events in Greece (OpenFest, Fosscomm) as a booth supporter and in the second one i will be speaker for OBS with an other openSUSE Greek Community member (Eustathios Agrapidis). As well after these events I will try to find another events or speaking places to promoting openSUSE. Of course i promote it to everyone that i support as my main work (Systems Administrator). * Are you ready to start promoting openSUSE? I am ready for this and i will do the best i can. After all these years as linux user/supporter i feel it's time to work hard for this. * What do you think is the best kept secret of openSUSE? The best kept secret of openSUSE i think that it is the Wonderful community. The people that i know from the community as far are awesome and so labor with great ideas on their heads. * Why do you love to do this? As an open source supporter i love to talk people about this and how things works for free! * How did you start with with Linux/openSUSE? What is your level of experience? I started learning Linux in 2003 with my friend and since then is my main OS. With openSUSE I involved after a talk I had with a member from Greek Community (Eustathios Iosifidis) and since then openSUSE have been my addiction. My level of experience in Linux it is very good because of my job i work to a company as Systems Administrator on Linux/Unix machines. -- http://opensuse.gr http://amb.opensuse.gr http://own.opensuse.gr http://warlordfff.tk me I am not me ------- Time travel is possible, you just need to know the right aliens -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+help(a)opensuse.org N��r��y隊Z)z{.�隮G��x>�{.n�+��Ǩ�h��]�ب��\�i��zا��^��)z{.��+

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[opensuse-marketing] Gnome 3.0 / Launch Party in Manchester
by Stuart Tanner 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

As per Bryen's email earlier I have contacted the Manchester Team at Free software UK and I am attending their launch party. But I don't get away free so I have to give a talk about "openSUSE / Novell / Gnome" Relationship.. Based on the fact I am a KDE User by heart I am looking for tips, ideas and sub topics that I can put together to take promote the gnome side of suse. Any offers? -- Kind Regards Stuart Tanner Bolton Linux 24 Vincent Street Bolton BL1 4SA Tel: +44(0)1204 410474 Mob: +44(0)7868 028028 www.bolin.org.uk Distributing openSUSE in the UK Registered Linux User: 529825 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] Fwd: osCommerce Online Merchant v3.0
by Stuart Tanner 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

All please see the release announcement for osCommerce 3.0 how can we combine this release whilst marketing openSUSE LAMP 11.4? Stuart ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: osCommerce Online Merchant v3.0 Date: Friday 01 Apr 2011, 22:57:25 From: "osCommerce" <hpdl(a)oscommerce.com> To: "Stuart Tanner" <stuart(a)bolin.org.uk> Is this newsletter not displaying correctly? Click here to view it on our website: http://www.oscommerce.com/about/news,136 osCommerce Online Merchant v3.0 We are extremely excited and proud to announce the release of osCommerce Online Merchant v3.0! This conquers our largest milestone yet of building a new framework to base our future goals and releases on. This is our first release that abstracts user features from the core framework to allow customizations to be easily applied, to improve existing and introduce new core framework API features, and by installing and managing Add-Ons for exciting new user features in a flexible and modular manner. This abstraction no longer limits us to just providing only a shop frontend and a shop backend, but now introduces the opportunity to build entire websites with the framework. Our focus remains on e-commerce and cannot wait to see what the community builds in addition. osCommerce Online Merchant v3.0 is optimized for and requires PHP 5.3+, supports real database abstraction to support native database server features such as stored procedures, contains a separate namespace to override and perform customizations in, and can easily and securely be upgraded via signed Phar update packages. Our focus on this release is to stabilize and freeze the framework API and to start building on user features with the community. It does not contain a complete base feature set to start running an online shop on. We are continuing to work hard on completing the base feature set and will push out each completed feature as an update package during April. osCommerce Online Merchant v3.0 is now completely released under the BSD license to help drive innovation in the open and commercial markets. We welcome you to explore the new possibilities of osCommerce Online Merchant v3.0 and to participate in its development to help and improve the core framework and introduce exciting new user features. Our future goals and roadmap are published at: http://countdown.oscommerce.com osCommerce Online Merchant v3.0 can be downloaded at: http://www.oscommerce.com/solutions/downloads The hard work continues! We look forward to working with the community in improving the framework, and to deliver new features with a regular release cycle. Thank you for your continued support! We wish you the best of fun and business with this release! Click here to unsubscribe from this newsletter: http://oscommerce.us1.list- manage1.com/unsubscribe?u=a5961750a3635e18fdf4bb539&id=10af90c126&e=609abf7… Newsletter managed by MailChimp: http://www.mailchimp.com/?pid=bieyxmalkdor9365nvhd&source=website You are receiving this e-mail as part of your newsletter subscription made on our website osCommerce, Sell With Emotion Harald Ponce de Leon, Remscheider Str. 96, 42659 Solingen, Germany http://www.oscommerce.com ----------------------------------------- -- Kind Regards Stuart Tanner Bolton Linux 24 Vincent Street Bolton BL1 4SA Tel: +44(0)1204 410474 Mob: +44(0)7868 028028 www.bolin.org.uk Distributing openSUSE in the UK Registered Linux User: 529825 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] Fw: [opensuse-ambassadors] Welcome our new Greek ambassador
by stuart＠bolin.org.uk 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

Meant to send this to the list I wish it would just reply to list instead of the person sending to the list!! Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone -----Original Message----- From: stuart(a)bolin.org.uk Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 12:32:55 To: Kostas Koudaras<warlordfff(a)gmail.com> Reply-To: stuart(a)bolin.org.uk Subject: Re: [opensuse-ambassadors] Welcome our new Greek ambassador Welcome to the tean Anastasios. Nice to have you onboard. Stuart :) Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone -----Original Message----- From: Kostas Koudaras <warlordfff(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 12:49:26 To: Ambassadors list<opensuse-ambassadors(a)opensuse.org> Subject: [opensuse-ambassadors] Welcome our new Greek ambassador Hi openSUSE Ambassadors Please all give a warm welcome to Anastasios Ksouzafeiris , our new ambassador from Greece. Below you can learn more about him and his relationship with openSUSE as he told us in his own words. * What have you done already for openSUSE? I have help Greek openSUSE Community organize the trip at Athens and Patra for two main FOSS events in greece. Also I've help Jos with the wiki maintenance and making some bars and pages on it, and spread it to the Ambassadors community. More specified the "Talking Points" page and making navigation bars and linking in the pages below. And a week ago i installed openSUSE 11.4 to a company as main OS for working Libre Office in their offices. As far i haven't contributed a lot on this but i will do my best in the next few days/months with various work. * What are your plans for promoting openSUSE? Please tell us what you want to do the next 6 months. In the near future and more specific on Monday, i make an agreement with 1 Institution here in Thessaloniki and after a discussion we had they will change the Linux Lab and Lesson from Mint & Ubuntu to openSUSE. I will help the teacher with the installation in the main server that students connect and learning CLI (command line interface). Also i will do a mini speak to the class for openSUSE. After this i will be in the 2 main events in Greece (OpenFest, Fosscomm) as a booth supporter and in the second one i will be speaker for OBS with an other openSUSE Greek Community member (Eustathios Agrapidis). As well after these events I will try to find another events or speaking places to promoting openSUSE. Of course i promote it to everyone that i support as my main work (Systems Administrator). * Are you ready to start promoting openSUSE? I am ready for this and i will do the best i can. After all these years as linux user/supporter i feel it's time to work hard for this. * What do you think is the best kept secret of openSUSE? The best kept secret of openSUSE i think that it is the Wonderful community. The people that i know from the community as far are awesome and so labor with great ideas on their heads. * Why do you love to do this? As an open source supporter i love to talk people about this and how things works for free! * How did you start with with Linux/openSUSE? What is your level of experience? I started learning Linux in 2003 with my friend and since then is my main OS. With openSUSE I involved after a talk I had with a member from Greek Community (Eustathios Iosifidis) and since then openSUSE have been my addiction. My level of experience in Linux it is very good because of my job i work to a company as Systems Administrator on Linux/Unix machines. -- http://opensuse.gr http://amb.opensuse.gr http://own.opensuse.gr http://warlordfff.tk me I am not me ------- Time travel is possible, you just need to know the right aliens -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ambassadors+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] suggestions for cheap goodies
by Jos Poortvliet 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

Hi all, In my previous mail I mentioned stickers, postcards and buttons - in short, simple, cheap goodies. I would actually love some more ideas in that area, I might be able to add those to boxes too ;-) Be a bit specific and include a cost guestimate. And the needed artwork - in short, I'll just order some of the stuff you guys & girls will send me, so that should be easy for me :D for example, a list with a nice graphic for a button (or a series of graphics for buttons) and a size (or sizes) & guestimated price that you found on the web would be something I can work with. Just a "well we could give out lighters with a nice openSUSE graphic" is not terribly helpful unless someone can provide the graphic ;-) Like the other mail - due to me not being around that often, I need someone to mail me the conclusions. Bryen, you stepped up for the other one, you ready to do that for this too? hugs, Jos

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[opensuse-marketing] Issue #169 is ready for translation
by Sascha Manns 02 Apr '11

02 Apr '11

Hi @all! Issue #169 of the openSUSE Weekly News is ready for translation [0]. You can see/update the status of your language at the "whats ready page" [1]. We collected some FAQ here [2]. [0]: http://bit.ly/hpo2CJ [1]: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Weekly_news_translations [2]: http://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Weekly_news/FAQ Have Phun! -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns open-slx.com openSUSE Community & Support Agent openSUSE Marketing Team Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] Thanks for the Material
by Konelix 02 Apr '11

02 Apr '11

Hello friends! I want to thank you for the material received yesterday to spread OpenSuse , free software and open source software in Guatemala Central America. Our next event will FLISOL http://www.flisol.net/FLISOL2011/Guatemala/ this we will begin to distribute the material received. Soon I will send you pictures of this event Axel Ruiz indenti.ca konelix IRC Freenode konelix IT Consultant Open Training & e-Ntiers Consulting OpenSuSe Ambassador Guatemala -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] GNOME3
by Bryen M. Yunashko 02 Apr '11

02 Apr '11

Folks, As you know, GNOME 3 will be coming out *very* soon and soon after that, we will be providing GNOME3 with 11.4. We will even be shipping LiveCDs to GNOME Foundation with GNOME3 built in. GNOME Foundation is doing a lot of work to organize the launch of GNOME3. But like any other project, there's never quite enough launch parties. We also have our own launch parties (yes some will continue on in the next months ahead even if March 10 was our launch date.) I think it will develop strong goodwill between projects if we can either plan co-launch parties with GNOME Foundation or, in regions where there is no one to have GNOME3 launch parties, consider offering a 11.4 launch party and invite GNOME3 to join in on the launch party. Or, if a GNOME Ambassador is not in your area, consider doing it yourself. I am certain that the GNOME Foundation will appreciate and remember the support that openSUSE has given to raising visibility. GNOME is one of several important desktops that openSUSE provides and we should show our appreciation for the hard work that upstream projects do that help make our own Project even better. Both GNOME and openSUSE are equally generating good noise out there right now. Combined, we can take that noise to a higher level. Along this same vein, I mention GNOME3 because it is just around the corner. But in fact, we should definitely look for other opportunities to co-launch with other projects whose software we use to make openSUSE as awesome as it is today. Any other interesting launches coming up that we should think about? Bryen M Yunashko openSUSE Marketing Team -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] facebooki OBS??
by jdd 02 Apr '11

02 Apr '11

do you know this? http://developers.facebook.com/docs/ April fool?? jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xgxog7_clip-l-ombre-et-la-lumiere-3-bad-pi… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGgv_ZFtV14 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] Fwd: Re: [opensuse-ambassadors] GNOME3
by Stuart Tanner 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

On Tuesday 29 Mar 2011 17:44:37 Bryen M. Yunashko wrote: > Folks, > > As you know, GNOME 3 will be coming out *very* soon and soon after that, > we will be providing GNOME3 with 11.4. We will even be shipping LiveCDs > to GNOME Foundation with GNOME3 built in. > > GNOME Foundation is doing a lot of work to organize the launch of > GNOME3. But like any other project, there's never quite enough launch > parties. We also have our own launch parties (yes some will continue on > in the next months ahead even if March 10 was our launch date.) > > I think it will develop strong goodwill between projects if we can > either plan co-launch parties with GNOME Foundation or, in regions where > there is no one to have GNOME3 launch parties, consider offering a 11.4 > launch party and invite GNOME3 to join in on the launch party. Or, if a > GNOME Ambassador is not in your area, consider doing it yourself. I am > certain that the GNOME Foundation will appreciate and remember the > support that openSUSE has given to raising visibility. GNOME is one of > several important desktops that openSUSE provides and we should show our > appreciation for the hard work that upstream projects do that help make > our own Project even better. > > Both GNOME and openSUSE are equally generating good noise out there > right now. Combined, we can take that noise to a higher level. > > Along this same vein, I mention GNOME3 because it is just around the > corner. But in fact, we should definitely look for other opportunities > to co-launch with other projects whose software we use to make openSUSE > as awesome as it is today. Any other interesting launches coming up > that we should think about? > > Bryen M Yunashko > openSUSE Marketing Team Well along this vein as osCommerce 3 has just launched, how about promoting openSUSE Lamp Servers with osCommerce don't know quite how it will work - but like you said any excuse to push openSUSE along with the release of another project? (osCommerce 3 releasse announcement has just hit my e-mail seconds before I read this one (I am way behind on my mail).. Just a thought.. -- Kind Regards Stuart Tanner Bolton Linux 24 Vincent Street Bolton BL1 4SA Tel: +44(0)1204 410474 Mob: +44(0)7868 028028 www.bolin.org.uk Distributing openSUSE in the UK Registered Linux User: 529825 ----------------------------------------- -- Kind Regards Stuart Tanner Bolton Linux 24 Vincent Street Bolton BL1 4SA Tel: +44(0)1204 410474 Mob: +44(0)7868 028028 www.bolin.org.uk Distributing openSUSE in the UK Registered Linux User: 529825 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] DVD REQUEST ARRIVED!
by Raul 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Hello friends, The requested dvds have arrived! Thanks AJ! DVDs will be used in FLISOL 2011 + GNOME3 Launch Party + openSUSE 11.4 Release! Thanks again! :D -- Raul Libório http://rauhmaru.blogspot.com/ rauhmarutsªhotmailºcom openSUSE Member | Linux User #4444581 "There are only 10 types of people in the world - Those who understand binary, and those who don't." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] Show us your desktop!
by Kim Leyendecker 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

11.4 is out, and I think it´s time for post-release marketing now! Maybe with this idea: We can ask our users, to make a screenshot of their desktops and load up it to Facebook, Flickr or their server and send us the link. We can collect the photos and create a little "our user´s desktop show" with the screenshots. *What´s the sense of this idea?* We will see, how many are using 11.4 already. And we will show our users, that openSUSE is _their_ distro too. It´s a good chance to make openSUSE more personal to our users. *How we want to collect the pictures?* As I think today, we can use Facebook. The user upload the photo and post it to our profile. Also we can use planet openSUSE for that. Somebody blog about it, and the user post their desktops as a comment. *What the f*ck to do with the pictures?* At first, we have to make clear, that the project is allowed to use the pics for marketing. We´ve got the advantage, that we have _free_ marketing stuff. But the real thing behind this is that we have a (hopefully huge) gallery with our user´s desktop. *Why that all?* Because the user will think: openSUSE is my Linux! It makes the distro more personal (User: Darling, look, their´s my desktop! And their´s the desktop of our neighbours. And look their! Their´s the desktop of uncle Ronald from Alabama!) Another aspect is, that the user maybe see some nice desktops and get ideas of style his own. Hope you will like it! If you still have some questions, don´t be afraid to ask ;) thanks -- Kim Leyendecker (kimleyendecker(a)hotmail.de) openSUSE Ambassador http://www.suseusers.de.vu powered by openSUSE 11.4 RC2 | KDE 4.6 | Kernel-default 2.6.37.1-14 | using Tumbleweed openSUSE/Slashdot Profilname: openLHAG (OpenLHAG) Have you tried SUSE Studio? Need to create a Live CD, an app you want to package and distribute , or create your own linux distro. Give SUSE Studio a try. www.susestudio.com. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] ambassador reports
by Jos Poortvliet 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Hi boosters, The marketing team has been brainstorming on how to give ambassadors a tad more attention in openSUSE; motivate them to make a bit more noise; and reward them for what they do. Now we have a few ideas, but for one, we thought it might make sense to use connect. Yes, it could probably be done via the wiki and other ways but I know you guys have a hammer and might see this as a nail :D *what is the problem* the ambassadors _sometimes_ create event reports. We want those reports for several reasons: - to have an idea of what they are doing - to measure how much we do - to motivate others - to SHOW what we do Unfortunately, not so many event reports are made although we're fairly sure many events have openSUSE attendance. This is due to several issues. *First*, not all ambassadors are so connected to us - many are not 'official ambassador' or their English skills are minimal and they are not internationally involved. I will send a follow-up mail with ideas on how to solve that. *Second*, filling in an event report on the wiki is not exactly easy for many. Some send one by mail - which is fine but leaves little record. *Third*, the reports receive little visibility. They are mentioned somewhere in the weekly news if you're lucky and of course on the marketing ML, but that's it pretty much. Numbers in it are not saved, we don't realy do anything with it as there is no real easy record. *The solution?* Ideally, the reports would end up in a central place, some database... And ideally, they would be connected to the ambassadors - so they can build up a trackrecord of events they have visited. Once we have this we can also show reports on eg news.o.o in a feed box on the side for example, or on our homepage. We can analyze and use statistics (for promo), promote events, do monthly articles - all kinds of things. We have an events page on en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Ambassador_events which suffers from similar issues - most people don't create a page because it is not easy and not localized. *connect.o.o* In short. We wonder - would Connect not offer a much better way of handeling events, event reports and the like? Would it not offer a better place for ambassador user accounts (with associated event reports as track records)? Culd it offer an easy place for ambassadors to add info for an event and afterwards add a report & pictures which we can then display in the planet feed (localized, if needed)? In case you think this is relevant, chuck and manu might have some time to help with this both in 'how to do it' (I would also love to think abou that) and the doing itself. Cheers, Jos

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[opensuse-marketing] Publishing of openSUSE videos to youtube
by Sankar P 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Hi, We have a youtube account opensusetv. Sadly not all the videos in blip.tv/opensuse are published to the youtube channel. For instance I dont see the hackweek videos yet. youtube has better viewability on various factors. Can someone publish these videos to the youtube channel also ? Thanks Sankar -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-marketing] Fw: [opensuse-factory] Good News! - The Canterbury Distribution
by stuart＠bolin.org.uk 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

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